Central Ojibwa language

Central Ojibwa (also known as Central Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwe) is an Algonquian language spoken in Ontario, Canada from Lake Nipigon in the west to Lake Nipissing in the east.^[5]

Central Ojibwa
Native to	Canada
Region	Ontario
Native speakers	8,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Algic Algonquian Ojibwe–Potawatomi Ojibwe Nuclear Ojibwe[2] Central–Eastern–Southwestern Ojibwe[2] Central–Southwestern Ojibwe?[3] Central Ojibwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ojc
Glottolog	cent2136
Central Ojibwe is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Person	Ojibwe ᐅᒋᐺ      Anishinaabe      ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯ
People	Ojibweg ᐅᒋᐺᒃ / ᐅᒋᐺᐠ      Anishinaabek      ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ / ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐠ
Language	Ojibwemowin ᐅᒋᐺᒧᐎᓐ      Anishinaabemowin      ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ Hand Talk
Country	Ojibwewaki[4] ᐅᒋᐻᐘᑭ      Anishinaabewaki      ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐘᑭ

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels	Nasal Vowels
ʌ
aː	ãː
eː	ẽː
I
iː	ĩː
ʊ ~ o
oː ~ uː	õː

Diphthongs

Diphthongs
aw
aj
ew
ej
iw
ij
ow

Consonants

Consonants
b ~ p
tʃː
d ~ t
g ~ k
h
dʒ ~ tʃ
k^h ~ kː^h
m
n
p^h ~ pː^h
sː
ʃː
t^h ~ tː^h
w
j
z ~ s
ʒ ~ ʃ
ʔ

^[6]

See also

• Ojibwe dialects